Rats caused flood in state, says Bihar water resource minister

Bihar Water Resource Minister, Lalan Singh, and Disaster Management Minister, Dinesh Chandra, blamed that rats have damaged the river embankments which caused devastating floods in the state.

"Rats are the main reason behind the seepage of the river. Villagers tend to store their grains on the banks thus attracting the rodents. These creatures then dig holes in the embankments thus weakening the foundation," Lalan Singh said.

Interestingly, a few months ago Bihar Police had claimed that rodents had allegedly finished off several bottles of alcohol seized after the liquor ban.